View Masters Programs in Performing Arts in Italy 2017

The benefits of a Masters extend beyond improving your earning potential. They can provide you with personal and professional skills to accelerate your development. They are also an opportunity to differentiate yourself from your peers, many of whom will have similar A-level and undergraduate qualifications.

The field of performing arts is a blanket term for all forms of performance, including dance, theater and music. Studies include academic pursuits, such as histories and theories, as well as technical training in a variety of performance styles.

Officially known as the Italian Republic, the country is found in southern Europe. The official language is Italian and the cultural rich capital is Rome. Many of the world's oldest universities are located in Italy, in particular the University of Bologna (founded in 1088). There are three Superior Graduate Schools with "university status", three institutes with the status of Doctoral Colleges, which function at graduate and post-graduate level.

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University of Pavia

CampusFull time2 yearsOctober 2017ItalyPavia

The Master in Musicology: Music, and Cultural Practice in Europe (MusEur) is a full-time, international, two-year program entirely taught in English and designed for students from all over the world.
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Best Masters in Performing Arts in Italy 2017. The Master in Musicolog:, Music, and Cultural Practice in Europe (MusEur) is a full-time, international, two-year program entirely taught in English and designed for students from all over the world. The master addresses European musical culture, from its creations and compositional techniques to the discourse surrounding music that has developed over the centuries and present-day management of musical heritage. The two-year program aims to provide the methodological fundamentals, the analytical skills and the cultural background for higher level musicological research and, more generally, to allow students to competently participate in current discussions of music. In the academic panorama, musical knowledge appears nowadays to be complex and multifaceted: it includes musical texts and theories, art and popular music, compositional tools and conceptions of performance, the impact of media on musical experience, and the functions of music in different social contexts. The Master prepares students for this composite and interdisciplinary knowledge, which is now a fundamental prerequisite for doctoral programs in Europe and America. The skills acquired also provide access to careers in high-level institutions dedicated to conserving and promoting musical resources, and professions that involve transmitting musical culture or conceiving and managing cultural events with musical content.
The Department of musicology and cultural heritage, which hosts the program, is part of the University of Pavia, but it is located in Cremona, Claudio Monteverdi’s native city. In 2013 it ranked first for academic production among all Italian departments comparable for size and sector of research. It is made up of distinguished scholars who represent all fields of musicological research and have gained international recognition. A long history of exchanges involving both students and instructors has consolidated the Department’s position within today’s global academic debate. The teaching staff’s areas of specialisation range from historiography to music theory and philology, ethnomusicology and popular music studies, covering the entire chronological span from classical antiquity to the 21st century. Our wide and finely articulated didactic offer guarantees a complete and competitive training. Many ex-students of this Department have found positions in European and non-European universities, while others are employed by prestigious institutions dedicated to the conservation of musical heritage or concert activities, bearing clear witness to the wide scope of the education available at Cremona.
Students of the program will be part of a dynamic intellectual community that encourages direct contact between professors and students and offers an extremely up-to-date library along with the most modern databases in the field of music. Furthermore, thanks to the work-experience seminars and presentations organised by the Department, students will be able to establish first-hand contacts with the music world (theatres, archives, music editors and the media).
The courses will be distributed over three semesters. In the fourth, students will attend a workshop on Musical Archives and Libraries, complete an internship and write a master’s thesis.
The curriculum of studies deals with three main areas:
History, Theory and Text focuses on the different types of text through which European music is handed down: manuscripts and scores, theoretical writings, concert critiques, institutional documents.
Music and Stage deals with the various aspects of music written for the stage, from Monteverdi to the present day.
Music in Society and Media explores the relationships between music and society and their different conceptualizations in theory, in addition to the role of music in multimedia production.
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MIP Politecnico di Milano School of Management

CampusFull time18 monthsJanuary 2017ItalyMilan

The Master’s programme is designed to prepare global professionals who can bring a solid cultural and artistic background coupled with economic and managerial skills to the production of stage performances, with a particular focus on Europe, North America and emerging markets.
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In partnership with ACCADEMIA TEATRO ALLA SCALA and IL PICCOLO TEATRO DI MILANO
Start date: January 2017
Duration: 18 months
Format: Full Time
Course fee: € 13,500
Teaching language: English and Italian
Location: Milan
Required qualification: a Bachelor's degree / or candidates without a formal degree who have a minimum of 3 to 5 years working experience
The Master in Performing Arts Management (MPAM) is a 18th months program designed for students who who wish to pursue a managerial career within the entertainment industry.
The program is designed in partnership with ACCADEMIA TEATRO ALLA SCALA and TEATRO PICCOLO DI MILANO.
The aims of the programme are to develop a sense of entrepreneurship, the ability to expand the network in the artistic-cultural sector, acquire the know-how to work in the entertainment industry to be able to understand functions, applications and developments, in order to prepare the students for a career in any area of the business, from production to marketing and distribution.
The Master’s programme is designed to prepare global professionals who can bring a solid cultural and artistic background coupled with economic and managerial skills to the production of stage performances, with a particular focus on Europe, North America and emerging markets.
Centering the development of each individual student, the curriculum features an organically structured set of complementary and interdependent modules and activities.
The introductory coursework, addressing cultural policies, outreach and education, defines the objectives and goals of theatre managers. The course plan continues by providing methods and instruments – auditing, marketing, communication and PR, fundraising, project management, legislative framework – to allow professionals to produce projects that are in line with a given contemporary economic and social context. The course is completed with an internship at an internationally acclaimed performance institute.
The Five Key Words
OSMOSIS: "economy" and "culture" are two perfectly complementary materials, when it comes to performing arts. The main objective of the Master is to forge professionals with strong skills in both areas.
UNIQUENESS: the Academy has developed a teaching method of the highest level. Students are offered the only opportunity to live to 360 ° the dynamics of the Teatro alla Scala, learning directly from the professionals who work there.
GLOBAL NETWORK: collaboration between the Academy, MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business and the Piccolo Teatro di Milano puts students in an international network of contacts with theaters, festivals and show institutions. The Master also allows you to analyze all aspects of the show live through testimonials, seminars, meetings and many other dynamics. The teaching staff includes professionals from Opera Europa, Metropolitan Opera House, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, Opera de Rennes, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hong Kong Arts Festival, DeVos Institute and WolfBrown.
LEARNING BY DOING: the teaching approach helps to have a direct contact with the world of work. The pride of the Master is the internship, which takes place at the most important Italian and foreign institutions operating in the sector.
TUTORING: the staff of Master ensures a constant support to the students, especially in view of the comparison with the way of work.
Programme Modules
Cultural policies, educational activities and outreach
Theaters and festivals as models
Economic sustainability and management accounting
Human resources and organization
Marketing for the show
Field project (Piccolo Teatro)
Fundraising for the live show
Communication
Negotiation
Management and innovation for the show
Emerging markets analysis
Arts and crafts of the show
Bibliographic tools for musical projects (workshop)
Management and security of supply
Programme Goals
To acquire a global vision of the international cultural sector, with a special focus on European, North American and emerging markets;
To recognize the relevance of public cultural policies at the local and international level and the social impact of the performing arts;
To understand the economics, regulation and organization of the performing arts industry;
To study the impact of new technologies on the performing arts;
To learn how to use marketing, project management and fundraising tools;
To live the uniqueness of Italian cultural traditions and the extraordinary experience of the city of Milan;
To learn by doing with field projects and internships at acclaimed Italian and international institutions.
Admissions
Participants
Candidates with a B.A. or equivalent who wish to pursue a career in the performing arts or cultural sector;
Candidates with formal music, arts, or dance education who wish to acquire general knowledge of international cultural policies and develop their management and organizational skills;
Candidates without a formal degree who have a minimum of 3 to 5 years working experience in any field and wish to pursue a career change. General knowledge of the nonprofit sector would be advantageous.
How to Apply
Enrolment in the Master’s in Performing Arts Management takes place once a year with courses beginning every January.
Application deadlines
Candidates must submit their applications by the deadlines indicated below to be admitted to the course beginning the following January.
EU citizens: November 30
Non-EU citizens: October 30
Please fill out the application form and send the following documentation to your school contact:
CV
Copy of passport or European ID
University transcript or equivalent
English certificate (if available)
Proof of payment of the admission fee (€80)
Once your admission form has been validated, one of the program directors will interview you via Skype. Applicants who are able to come to Milan may be interviewed in person at Accademia Teatro alla Scala.
Financial Aid
Gianluca Spina Association offers a scholarship worth EUR 13,000 (gross) is offered to one 2017/18 MPAM candidate.
The scholarship is named after Gianluca Spina who was the Dean of MIP Graduate School of Business and Full Professor in Business Management and Supply Chain Management at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.
Candidates are chosen by a selection Committee representing both the Program Direction and the Association.
For more information about the master’s program, scholarships and other means for financing your studies please contact:
Gaia Uccheddu: uccheddu@mip.polimi.it
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